Garbage and outdoor-toilet lid atomizer



1951 o. HENRIKSON GARBAGE AND OUTDOOR-TOILET LID ATOMIZER Filed Sept.26, 1949 u l. llll ,A

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Patented Feb. 6, 1951 GARBAGE AND OUTDOOR-TOILET LID ATOMIZER OlafHenrikson, San Francisco, Calif.

Application September 26, 1949, Serial No. 117,867 1 Claim. (01. 220-87)This invention relates to improvements in disinfecting apparatus.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a device which maybe attached to the lid of a garbage can, toilet seat, or any likesupport whereby the interior of the receptacle to which it is attachedwill be disinfected when the device is actuated.

A further object of this invention is to produce a device which may bereadily attached to a supporting structure without materially alteringthe supporting structure.

A further object is to produce a device of this character which is neatin appearance, one which is easily manipulated and one which will have arelatively long life.

A still further object is to produce a device of this character whichhouses a supply of disinfectant, only a portion of which is dispensed ateach actuation.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification and in which like numerals are employed to designate likeparts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is an enlarged vertical cross section of my device, as the samewould appear when attached to the lid of a garbage can,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a garbage can or other receptacle having alid to which my device is attached, and being shown on a reduced scale.

There are various receptacles which, due to th nature of the depositstherein, give ofi objectionable odors which attract flies or other pestswhich tend to become a nuisance and also to spread disease.

I have, therefore, devised an arrangement which may be attached to thereceptacle and, when actuated, will atomize a disinfectant and dischargethe same into the receptacle for the purpose of destroying odors anddisinfecting the contents of the receptacle.

Referring, now, to the accompanying drawings wherein, for the purpose ofillustration, is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, I haveshown a receptacle at 5, which might be any receptacle such as a garbagecan, a toilet, out-door privy, or any other enclosure and, in thepresent instance, at 6 I have shown a cover, as, for instance, the coverof the garbage can.

It is to such receptacles and to such covers that I propose to attach mydevice which consists of a disc I, which is attached to the cover past aflap valve l6, into the chamber ll, thence through a passage 18, intothe chamber l9.

Secured in the neck 2| of the housing is a threaded plug 22, which has abore 23, therethrough, which communicates with a pipe 24, whichterminates short of the end of an atomizer tube 26, also carried by theplug 22.

A tank 21, is connected by a flexible pipe 28, to the plug 22, andcommunicates through a passage 29, to the interior of the atomizer tube26.

A filler pipe is shown at 3|, the purpose of which is obvious.

It will be noted that the atomizer tube passes through the disc 1, andis intimately contacted thereby, the result being that air within thehousing 9, is trapped therein, the purpose of which will be later seen.

Assuming that my device has been attached to the lid of a garbage can,as shown in Fig. 2, and it is desired to discharge disinfectant into thegarbage can, the user merely pushes downwardly on the neck 2|, of thehousing, which collapses the housing, with the result that the airconfined within the housing passes upwardly through the passage I 8,into the chamber I1, and, as it cannot escape du to the flap valve Hi,this air will be discharged through the bore 23 and through the tube 24,with considerable force. This will cause an aspirator action and willsuck disinfectant from the tank 21, through the pipe 28 and passage 29,into the atomizer tube 26, from which point this fluid will combine withthe air blast and form a spray which will be discharged into thereceptacle and onto the contents thereof, thus accomplishing all theobjects above set forth.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and thatvarious changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement ofparts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In combination with a receptacle having an

